The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday rescued an American citizen, Tawanda Lynn Jackson, who was held hostage by one Mathew Adedoyin, her acquaintance, whom she had met on social media. Parading the prime suspect and his accomplice at the Read more
The police in Lagos yesterday said they gunned down a suspected kidnapper and arrested one other during an exchange of gunfire with a syndicate at Agbowa area of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos State. The Lagos police spokesman, Chike Oti, Read more
Four members of a family in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, have died after eating yam flour, popularly called Amala, suspected to be poisonous. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that four others, who took from the meal, have also Read more
A 19-year-old man, Sunday Owo, was yesterday arrested with fresh human parts at a healing home in Awka, Anambra State. Owo was caught with fresh male genital, human fingers and a bottle filled with the blood of a child. The Read more
Leading practitioners in the entertainment industry including the veterans, A-listers and the up and coming in movies, music and comedy genres have endorsed the All Progressives Congress Candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat in the coming general Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has uncovered 340 million Tramadol tablets in 12 containers at the Apapa port in Lagos State. Head of Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema, stated this in a statement on Read more
Inspector Kadima Useni, an officer caught on camera while drunk, has been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. According to the Force, he was dismissed for “conducts unbecoming of a law enforcement officer”. A video of him drunk at Akowonjo Read more
The outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria Paul Arkwright has cautioned Nigerians seeking visas to the UK to avoid presenting forged documents. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, Arkwright warned that anyone caught flouting the rule would Read more
A housewife, Rachel Nicklaus Adetsav, on Friday night killed her husband with a pestle, slaughtered her three children with a knife and allegedly stabbed herself to death in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The woman, who was in her early Read more
Sympathisers at the weekend thronged to Ogene-Amejo community in Okpokwu Local Council of Benue State to attend the funeral of 13-year-old Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje, who was allegedly raped to death by her aunt’s husband, Mr. Andrew Ogbuja and his son, Read more